Curtain support



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CLARENCE J. ALDEN, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T THE PAINESVILLE METALQ LIC BINDING COMPANY, OF PAINESVILLE, 01-110, A CO'PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED 0E CLARENCE J. ALDEN AN D PERCY K. SMITH.

CURTAIN SUPPORT.

Application filed July 19, 1922. Serial No, 575,992.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE J. ALDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Painesville, in the county of Lake and State oi Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a combined curtain rod and bracket adapted to be easily and quickly connected or disconnected.

The objects are to simplify and cheapen the construction of curtain rods and brackets, to render the rod readily attachable to and detachable from the bracket, and to produce a light and strong fixture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the combination and details of structure more fully set forth in the ensuing description, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view, seen from above, of a curtain rod and pair of brackets connected to a window frame.

Fig. 2 is a plan of one bracket and the end of a curtain rod attached thereto, viewed from above.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a bracket, with the end of a curtain rod shown engaging the bracket, the curtain rod having been severed adjacent the end.

Fig. 4 is a plan view on a greatly enlarged scale of the curtain rod adapted to engage the bracket.

Fig. 5 is a perspective illustrating a modification in the structure of a curtain rod end;

Fig. 6 is afront elevation of a modified bracket; and

Fig. 7 is a view looking down upon the bracket shown in Fig. 6.

In the drawings, F is a conventional illustration of the upper portion of a window frame. Secured at opposite sides of the upper portion of the window frame are brackets 1 and 1*, respectively. These brackets are offset intermediate their ends to provide securing lugs 2, through holes 3 of which securing means may be passed. The offsetor bulge l is provided with one or more vertical narrow slots 5 for the reception of the curtain rod now to be described.

The curtain rod is indicated at 6 and is preferably adjustable in length as is customary. Each end of the rod is bent at right angles asat 7 as is also customary. The curtain rod is preferably of flat material having curled over longitudinaledges. To provide for interlocking engagement with the bracket, the flat portion 7 is constructed to provide a web 11 which is adapted to be received within the narrow slot 5 in the bracket. At the outer extremity of the web is a lateral stop or lug 9 which together I I 9 and 10 extend slightly below the bottom of the slot 5 when the rod is engaged therewith and afford additional security in the connection.

In bending the above described construction it will be apparent that the curled edges of the curtain rod may be forced inward at the bend as indicated in Fig. 1. The goose-neck or U-shaped extremity constituted by the said web and stops may be formed on the rod by bending or die swedging, and the metal at the edges of the portion 11 that engages in the slot of the bracket may be removed by the same or by a separate operation, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art of shaping metals.

It will thus be seen that a curtain rod of in said flanges to constitute a bracket engaging groove. Shoulders 0r stops 14; and 15 are adapted tobe engaged behind and in frontof the bracket body, when the cross grooved end of the rod, is seated in the slot 5 of the bracket. ,In this construction the web which enters the slot in the bracket is constituted by the upright portion of the curtain rod as will be readily understood.

A modified form of vbracket 21 having the securing flanges at opposite ends instead of at opposite sides is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. The flanges 22 have holes 28 for the reception of nails or screws whereby the bracket may be secured to a window frame. The ofl'setbody 24 is convexed in a vertical instead of a horizontal plane (when in normal position on a window frame). A slot 25 is adapted to receive the transversely groovedend of a curtain rod, and the upper portion of said body 24 where it bends at 24 to form the upper flange 22 is cut away to admit passage of the extremity of the curtain rod when being engaged with the bracket.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination with a bracket, of a curtafn rod having a flat extension, said extension having its terminal bent laterally, rearwardly and laterally to provide a web between said lateral portions, said bracket having a narrow vertical slot for the reception of said web.

2. The combination with a bracket, of a curtainv rod having a flat extension, a portion of said extension constituting a vertically disposed web, shoulders on said extension at either side of said web, said bracket having a narrow vertical slot for the reception of said web, the web being retained in place in said slot by means of said shoulders. I

y In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLARENCE J. ALDEN. 

